The original version of HB 4239 was amended in the Senate Committee on Outdoor Tourism and Recreation to include the safety zone language. That language amends the 150-yard hunting safety zone so that it applies only to “hunting with firearms,” meaning that, for example, bowhunters and trappers would be able to hunt within that zone on their own properties, or on public lands. Billed passed Senate unanimously on Oct 8, 2015.

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4239, Michigan Legislature– Effective 1/1/2016(7) An individual shall not hunt with a firearm within 150 yards of an occupied building, dwelling, house, residence, or cabin, or any barn or other building used in connection with a farm operation, without obtaining the written permission
of the owner, renter, or occupant of the property.

Rule R657-65. Urban Deer Control, Utah, As in effect on January 1, 2017The purpose of this rule is to enable a city to design and administer a control plan for the lethal or non-lethal removal of resident deer damaging private property or threatening public safety within the city.

Are we helpless?

"The native plants are tramped down, the bushes are gnawed, and my three-year-old grandson can't play in the back yard because of the deer droppings. If humans entered our property and exacted such a toll we would have legal recourse We're watching the curb appeal and property value decline at a time when our taxes are rising. We are without defense."
M. Holland, Ann Arbor resident